Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-08-13

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And yet Naples is not an unattractive city
On the contrary, it is one of the most curious
and interesting 1t has never been an art
center for nature has been rampant there
since the old Cumnan days, and kings and
smpero rs and priests and poets have found in
it such a wealth of afiinities that they have
made it a shrine for the worship of the lux
uriant. 1t has a gallery of art where
one may see pictures AMI sculpture, but no
painter has ever put on canvas such graceful
curves as nature has thrown about the shores
Of the beautiful bay, such blu. as the Med
iterranean here gives back to sky and air; no
sculptor has cut from marble or porphyry or
alabaster such fair, soft outlines OF islands
stretched sleeping on the sea. such monu-
ments of cliffs that lift their submits to the
clouds; no architect has builded palace,
temple or citadel that is not mean and small
beneath Vesuvius: nor has painter or
sculptor ever reproduce the rare, voluptuous
climate Of this southern land. its luscious
fruits. its wealth Of flowers and the surpass-
ing loveliness of its women. In the old days
nearly all of them tried 1t, but nature over
came them, and the busy hand was folded,
the active brain was stiiled, and ambition
and fame gave place to ease and pleasure, and
Ndt'it>- tHt itautlluI, HNti OIit IN nef Deduty.
That may sound to the reader as IL l had
clipped it out of the guide book, taken it from
a Naples winter real estate dealers advertise
ment, or had some girl write it for school
essay. But did not 1t is a true bill, vet
can't exactly understand why they did it. To
save my life can't rave over Naples and its
lovely bay. saw it IRON nearly every point
visited by strangers, past and present, and
! s1..f t1.t.,r
to the chromos and other pictures had seen
Of 1t, gazed upon the scene with calm in
difference, and vigorously grabbed for flea
or viciously shook my umbrella at deformed
beggar.
If the beggars and heas should take a
notion to leave Naples the place would look
like a deserted village.
or all Italian cities, Naples is most interest
ing in her lower orders of people Thev live
! in the heart of the city. in narrow streets,
where sunlight and wagon wheels never come,
and they are dirty beyond the power Of words
to express. Yet they wear bright colors, have
a washing hanging out of the window every
day in the week, and the women have faces
that angels might be proud of Nor is this
beauty in accordance with geometric lines or
set rules. There Is a Madonna like sweetness
dbput the lilies Oh tflt mouth, a magnetic
gentlenesS in the eyes aud u warmth Of color
in every face that is perfectly irresistible, and
one involuntarily stops at little shop doors, mt
fruit stands, and in the markets, to gaze and
gaze and turn away TO turn again and gaze
How the mischief they can have such won
derful faces, living As they do, and having
such husbands and fathers anG sons and
brothers. and bones and loads of children,
i don't know. Among the higher orders,
such one may see on the Riviera de Chiaia.
driving between 5 and in the even
ing, this famous Neapolitan type is not so
frequent. The older women are fat and
gross and greasy, and the younger ones aver
age up about as the usual fashionable girl
does, namely: half nature and two-thir,is
art, with an oversize nose and a concave cheek
MARY Jane" said Dickey as l raved over
the pretty women, do women usually see so
much beauty in those of heir own se1r
"No." said |, they don't, for two reasons:
one is that they can't. and the other is that
they won't. But when see a pretty woman,
l can rave over her by the hour-until | get
acquainted with her After that it depends"
Men don't do that way" said she
POSSIBLY not, my dear said l, "and men
are oftener fooled in women than women
are, and can't dissolve partnership half so
easy
Naples Is the most expensive place for sight
seeing in Italy, and i; is the cheapest in other
respects. There are few noted attractio.s in
the city, but the suburbs are full Of them
and the means of reaching them are such
that both time and money are consumed in
the accomplishment of ones purpose Vesu-
vius, Pompeii, Herculaneuni, Capri, Ischia,
Casteilamare, Sorrento, Pozzuoli, are among
the star attractions on the bill at Naples, but
they are all at long range.
We went to Nesuvus, OF course. and
did II on sunday, because, In this land of
relslon and churches, Sunday IS the chief
summit now is a pleasant, one Of four bo,rs
by carriage and rail and costs inc,u5;no
br.aIfast At the las, hons. mn ,ha hin sf ~
to On and rerurn for each narso, nj y.,-
,,,,, tba assertion hovsvsr tho, ono n., 90,
mora panorama and smell NOR, svi,brr l.,
6f,sen minu,as from the TON nf yaSry;us ,bon
in INV other spot Of eouaI dimensions ON m.
g,ohe We coup..d about for,v to,,ns l.,
sight at onc,, and mora su,nbur thu, wo,ld
s,Innly them all with matches for a m;,Iio,
years The railroad nm tho come Is anO y.rjs
long and i, r,ses I sOi feet in tb,, d;sf,nca
and Sa,s tho trsv.ls Jour ,.;,b;u . ,,,.r,.,,
of n mils of tbs cratar Tbs wbol, ton q, ~.
mountain is d.SnI,r;o, 3arhIs 3is,;li., .ra
the orthodox dafip;,;o, Of hall f;,s il ax.,,I,,.
a .lake which burna,b with fra and br;,,.
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